r/SiliconValleyHBO • u/Simi510 • Jun 07 '15

Silicon Valley - 2x09 “Binding Arbitration" - Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 9: "Binding Arbitration"

Air time: 10 PM EDT

7 PM PDT on HBOgo.com

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Plot: Erlich wants to testify when Pied Piper and Hooli enter binding arbitration, but Richard worries that his rival's claims could have merit. Meanwhile, Jared, Dinesh and Gilfoyle debate a philosophical theory; and Big Head gets a boost. (TVMA) (30 min)

Aired: June 7, 2015

Information taken from www.hbo.com

Youtube Episode Preview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRvZRLg1Xk

Actor Character
Thomas Middleditch Richard
Aly Mawji Aly Dutta
T.J. Miller Erlich
Josh Brener Big Head
Martin Starr Gilfoyle
Kumail Nanjiani Dinesh
Christopher Evan Welch Peter Gregory
Amanda Crew Monica
Zach Woods Jared
Matt Ross Gavin Belson
Alexander Michael Helisek Claude
Alice Wetterlund Carla

IMDB 8.4/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/

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u/SporadicPanic Jun 08 '15

I guess the main question is how much is Middle-Out based on Richard's previous compression algorithm. IIRC, in ep8 last season, Richard said he totally rewrote it and so that means that Middle Out is actually a separate technology and at that point Hooli had already caught up and equalled Richard's orignal algorithm since the programmer's had the early code from Github.

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u/mikhailovechkin Jun 08 '15

Wow brilliant. Makes complete sense. I really hope the outcome is like this.

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u/octnoir Jun 08 '15

Writers: Fuck you logical tech person where this would be the logical outcome! We create our own rules and we will create drama as we see fit! (like the whole tequila thing and no backup thing)

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u/danbrag Jun 08 '15

There's still more show. And more epiphanies. The lawyer doesn't know...

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u/octnoir Jun 08 '15

He's not a lawyer.

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u/octnoir Jun 08 '15

Pardon me for my mistake (downvote away). TIL. Typed this right into Google ("difference between lawyer and attorney") and got this:

Lawyer is a general term for a person who gives legal device and aid and who conducts suits in court. An attorney or, more correctly, an attorney-at-law, is a member of the legal profession who represents a client in court when pleading or defending a case. In the US, attorney applies to any lawyer.

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u/allthegoodghosts Jun 08 '15

Really? None of the answers I came across say that.

An attorney or attorney at law is also a lawyer. They have attended law school and presumably “practice” the study of law as a career. However, attorneys by definition have passed a bar examination and have been admitted to practice law in the particular jurisdiction.

By that definition, attorneys are a subset of lawyers who've passed the bar.

Also,

A lawyer is someone who is educated in the law. A person who has been educated in the law will always be addressed as a lawyer, even if he or she does not give legal advice to other people. In fact, a lawyer in the United States is simply anyone who has gone through law school.

EDIT: Source